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Uncle Sam's newest and greatest submarine, taking the water at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, at Quincy, Mass.The R-10 (SS-87) is the last word in submersibles, being fitted with many inventions that have proved their value during the war.

Ours (R) us. Ship's Company R-7 (SS-84) with the R-5 (SS-82) &
R-10 (SS-87) molded into the background. Time frame could have been circa 1920 when she was operating with infamous SUBDIV 9; all the boats in the photo were part of that division including the R-2 (SS-79) (which may just be visible in the top of the photo).The R-7 appears underway in the bottom of the photo.

Photo i.d. courtesy of Ric Hedman. Photo courtesy of Jan Reid.

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R & S boats
nested together, May 1920, alongside
Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6).
From inboard to outboard:R-4 (SS-81),R-5 (SS-82), R-6 (SS-83),R-10 (SS-87),R-9 (SS-86),R-8 (SS-85),R-7 (SS-84),R-3 (SS-80),S-4 (SS-109) and
S-3 (SS-107).
Note that all the R-boats
have gun platforms, but that guns are fitted only on R-10,
and R-3.S-4 has a platform for a 4"/50 gun (but no gun is installed), while S-3 still has no gun platform.

Official USN photo # NH 59972, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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R-Boats tied to a tender. The cityscape in the background is New York City.
Location is the 79th Street Boat Basin on the west side of Manhattan Island. They were in transit to Hawaii.R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-4 (SS-81),R-5 (SS-82),R-6 (SS-83),R-10 (SS-87),R-9 (SS-86),R-8 (SS-85),R-7 (SS-84) with the stern of another R-boat visible. It is quite possible that this photo is taken from a different angle from the one above with the same boats in order but only a partial view.

USN photo # NH 55044, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.

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This photo shows the submarines R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-3(SS-80), R-4 (SS-81), R-5 (SS-82), R-7 (SS-84), R-8 (SS-85) & R-10 (SS-87) with Mud Scow #8 in Mare Island's Dry Dock #2 between 8 May and 10 June 1922. Note: The scaffold for the construction of the Montana (BB-51) can be seen above and to the right of the head of the dry dock.

The crews of Submarine Divisions 9 & 14 line the decks of their boats (20 in all) at the Submarine base at Pearl Harbor on 12 December 1930.R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-3 (SS-80), R-4 (SS-81),R-5 (SS-82),R-6 (SS-83),R-7 (SS-84),R-8 (SS-85),R-9 (SS-86),R-10 (SS-87),R-11 (SS-88),R-12 (SS-89),R-13 (SS-90),R-14 (SS-91),R-15 (SS-92),R-16 (SS-93),R-17 (SS-94),R-18 (SS-95),R-19 (SS-96) & R-20 (SS-97).
All the R-boats were to leave the base where they had been serving for upwards of 8 years and transfer to the East coast to be decommissioned over the next 3 years. The only identifiable boat is the R-16.

These World War submarines, [R-boats] tied up in the Navy Yard in Philadelphia for a dozen years, are being reconditioned and some are already in active service again, it was announced 10 January 1941. This picture shows them as they appeared before the repair program began.

This air view of Portsmouth Navy Yard taken just after the end of WW II shows the main shipbuilding shed which enabled construction to continue unimpeded by the Maine winters. The shed was widened to add two ways in 1941, and a fifth was squeezed in a year later. Drydocks No. 1 (left) & 2 (far right) contain six fleet submarines, while three R-boats are moored in the foreground. The Pompano (SS-491) would have been under construction in the first ways on the left hand corner of the main shipbuilding shed.